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137C.25E DOCUMENTATION AND REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS.
A hotel shall keep and maintain for a period of three years, a
guest register which shall show the name, residence, date of arrival,
and date of departure of each individual renting or leasing a room,
accommodations, or facilities of the hotel.
Each individual renting or leasing a room, accommodations, or
facilities of the hotel shall register, and may be required by the
owner or operator of the hotel to show proof of identity by producing
a valid driver's license, or other identification satisfactory to the
owner or operator. The identification shall have a photograph of the
individual and include the name and residence of the individual. If
the individual is a minor, the owner or operator may also require a
parent or guardian of the minor to register.
The guest register may be kept and maintained by recording,
copying, or reproducing the register by any photographic,
photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, electronic
imaging, electronic data processing, or other process which
accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for accurately and
legibly reproducing an unaltered image or reproduction of the
original. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1032, §6
